Detroit Edison to Trim Trees in More Than Thirty Communities in May and June
May 01 2006 - 5:21PM
PR Newswire (US)
DETROIT, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Detroit Edison line-clearance crews
will be working in more than 30 Southeastern Michigan communities
in May and June, continuing their year-round effort to keep trees
and branches away from power lines. The utility trims trees to
reduce the potential for power outages and to help ensure electric
service reliability and safety for customers. "Tree interference is
responsible for about two-thirds of the power outages that occur
during storms," said Steve Kurmas, DTE Energy executive vice
president, Distribution Operations. "By maintaining a 10-foot
clearance between tree branches and power lines, we can reduce the
possibility of tree- related power outages." Detroit Edison
tree-trimming crews follow International Society of Arboriculture
standards, which are designed to maintain the health of trees. The
utility has received the National Tree Line USA Award for quality
tree care for 10 consecutive years. Detroit Edison removes from
customer property small branches and debris that result from its
line-clearance program. Larger trimmed branches are cut into
firewood length and left behind for customer use or disposal.
During a storm restoration process, unscheduled emergency tree
trimming sometimes is required to facilitate the safe restoration
of electrical service. If electric service has been interrupted
because trees have been uprooted or large limbs have fallen on
power lines, customers have the responsibility to remove tree
debris resulting from such emergency restoration activity.
Customers are responsible for keeping tree branches away from their
service drops, the lines that run from utility poles to their
homes. Although the voltage running through the service drop is
significantly lower than that of pole-to-pole wires, Detroit Edison
recommends that customers hire a professional tree service to do
this trimming. Visit http://my.dteenergy.com/lineclearance to find
more information about line- clearance and proper tree planting. In
May and June, line-clearance crews will continue or begin work in
the following communities: Lapeer County Sanilac County Dryden Twp.
Buel Twp. Lexington Twp. Livingston County Worth Twp. Brighton Twp.
Hartland Tuscola County Hartland Twp. Almer Twp. Caro Macomb County
Indianfields Twp. Bruce Twp. Ray Twp. Washtenaw County Romeo Ann
Arbor Sterling Heights Dexter Twp. Warren Scio Twp. Webster Twp.
Oakland County Bloomfield Twp. Wayne County Commerce Twp. Canton
Twp. Hazel Park Detroit Huntington Woods Melvindale Keego Harbor
Northville Twp. Madison Heights Taylor Oxford Twp. Rochester Hills
Royal Oak Southfield Troy West Bloomfield DATASOURCE: Detroit
Edison CONTACT: Eileen Dixon, +1-313-235-9154, or Len Singer,
+1-313-235-8809, both of Detroit Edison Web site:
http://www.dteenergy.com/ http://my.dteenergy.com/lineclearance
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